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17 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Today is the 10-year anniversary of the release of Broken Bird. Conceived as a spoken-word album (thus the title, which rhymes with "spoken word"), it had other ideas for itself, and morphed into an album about being a broken bird. During recording...
16 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
To Whom It May Not Entirely Disinterest, I have a theory about love songs. It isn't ironclad. The theory is that any song that claims to be about love but fails to express the pain and horror of sliding downward toward hell is disingenuous pap th...
9 Jul 2021 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
PREFACE Most of the people who read this article will have been conditioned to be offended by it. They will read it with an air of sanctimony that they have been taught to think of as a sign of strength. They are not aware that this sanctimony (and...
4 Jul 2021 8 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
I never actually went to a rave. It wasn't my scene. I wasn't into candy bracelets, rainbow colors, or designer drugs. I never went down a K-hole, or was ever even in the room with GHB to my knowledge. I did take Molly a handful of times, but...
3 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
In this era of magnetic meat and metallic cheese, you may want to visit your local Mexican market, and start shopping there. The cheese in this place comes from the next town: I also have some new "Made In America" merchandise available on...
3 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Recorded almost entirely on a broken 4-track on cassette tapes purchased exclusively at the dollar store, All The Diamonds You Can Eat is a bumpy ride through the lo-fi part of town. From the soaring, cracked-out "A Beautiful Place," through the or...
29 Jun 2021 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
When I lived in Austin, there was an organization that provided health care for musicians. I don't know if it's still there. It was called HAAM, the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians. You had to live in Travis County, TX, and prove that you wer...
28 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
New merch designs, available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/nathanpayne/shop "Nathan Payne & The Wild Bores," available as a poster, print, etc... "Rock & Roll High School, available as a poster, print, etc... "Hecho En Los Estados Un...
27 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
My management company hired a group of peaceful promoters to infiltrate the Britney Spears hearing in Los Angeles the other day. The mostly peaceful hearing/promotional event was attended by #FreeBritney activists, the #FreeBritney army, and a bunch...
23 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Early Martian colonies were fraught with the same screeching, artless political division found on Earth today. While Kuato is portrayed as an underdog and a hero in the evil, satanic political documentary Total Recall, in fact he was a jealous, artl...
